Ming Zhengzhi, I am Zheng Kezang

Wu Dunsheng wanted to use Mao Thamian City to drag the Xia-Siam coalition army, but he had another plan.Speaking of which, the city of Mawlamyine faces the river on three sides, and it is the easiest place to defend and difficult to attack in the eyes of classical military scientists. However, after artillery ships became the mainstream of naval warfare, the city of Mawlamian, which lacked long-range artillery cover, became Out-and-out death.

Fortunately, when the Nujiang River flowed into the Bay of Bengal, it carried a large amount of sediment from the upper reaches. When it rushed out of Birujun Island, it also formed a large number of shoals at the mouth of the sea, which was not suitable for the large ships of the No.11 fleet of the Xia Army Navy. The boat sailed into the bombardment, so the task of bombarding the city wall of "Mao Llamyine" fell on the small harbor ship of the tutelary government in southern Myanmar and the Junker warship of the chieftain in southern Myanmar.

"Really, it's really spectacular." The scene of the flames spouted by the warship hitting the thin city wall of Mawlamyine caused a burst of debris, which made the Siamese who had already set up a company outside the city dumbfounded . "The Chinese are really rich. Why are the cannons on this ship constantly firing? How much does it cost?"

"Is it just rich? No, look carefully at the cannons on those ships. Did you find that the barrels of the cannons are much thicker than ours? That's right, these cannons that are firing are considered heavy cannons in Siam. It is definitely much more powerful than the cannons we brought." A lower-level nobleman with the title of Pa Zhao explained to his ignorant companion. "And each ship here has five or six cannons, so the number of cannons on the twenty or thirty warships in front of me is equal to the total number of cannons in the whole of Siam, and they can hit farther and more powerful. big."

"The power of China is really well-deserved." There are quite a lot of Chinese immigrants in Siam, so it is normal for the nobles to speak Chinese. "Fortunately, they are not the enemies of Siam, otherwise, we really wouldn't even be able to sleep well."

"Yes, Huaxia is very powerful, but they don't want to shed blood for the Siamese." Another nobleman with the title of Luan sighed. "So, in the end, the city of 'Mao' Llamyine still has to be captured by the Siamese themselves."

A few young nobles nearby asked puzzledly, "My lord, what's going on?"

The noble named Luan Songye replied: "Except for these gunboats on the river, all Chinese soldiers and horses have already gone north."

But the little noble said happily: "It's good that the Huaxia soldiers and horses are gone, Mao'lamian is ours, and the whole upper Danasarin is also ours." [

Luan Songye sighed faintly, and explained: "If it is just to capture the city of 'Maolamian', there is nothing difficult. After all, the food in the city is limited, and the continuous siege will eventually lead to victory. But don't forget, the local In addition to the Burmese, the owner also has Mon people. These Mon people were of one mind with us when they opposed the Burmese rule. If Siam really captured the Upper Tanasarim area, then they would become Siam’s new enemies next. But Huaxia is the only one who can easily suppress them. In this way, the Siamese bleed, and whether they can get the fruit depends on Huaxia's face."

While some Siamese nobles were lamenting for the country's future, the Xia Army and the Southern Burmese Army who had withdrawn from the "Mawlamyine" area landed in two separate routes at Bago, the ancient capital of Burma, and Daguang, an important town in lower Burma, and quickly captured the defense. Two empty places.

The Xia army, who had won another battle, decided to go north along the Xitang River Valley to threaten the old capital of the Toungoo Dynasty, Toungoo (Melon), and the other way to go west from Daguang to the lower reaches of the Irrawaddy River to seize another important town, Pasheng and Hebei. The Arakan Army joined forces.

With the idea set, the Xia army took action, and the Eastern Route Army, mainly the Shence Army and the Southern Burmese Army, quickly moved northward, successively capturing Boyaji, Daiwu, Bindaza, Lianglibin and other places. Wa Wang Ting caused a great shock, forcing King Daningen and Awa Wang Ting to rush out of the North while the Xia army from Yunnan was still likely to take advantage of the gap. More than [-] defense troops on the front line went south to rescue the heartland starry night.

While the Xia Army on the East Road was playing triumphant songs, the Ninth Division of the Longxiang Army on the West Road was also moving very smoothly. It captured Yangdong, Bundenau, Yinma, Jianggong and other places along the way, except for a very few who were still loyal to the Toungoo Dynasty. Except for the negligible resistance of the Burmese aristocrats, most of the rest of the Burmese lords along the way fled after hearing the news, and even a considerable number of interested people joined the Xia army and became the extremely important guides of the Xia army in the lower Burma region.

Even the monasteries around the country that were heavily enshrined by the Toungoo Dynasty in the past have promulgated Buddhist edicts to restrain the people from rebelling against the Xia army. For this, Huaxia, which was originally determined to cut off Lower Burma, naturally gave it a very high courtesy. At the same time as the temple, it also announced that it will continue to recognize the land rights of the temple, which is in sharp contrast to the domestic policy of prohibiting temples from owning land.

"My lord, Sha Lian's Xiyi Merchant House requests resumption of business." When the two armies were triumphant, some other people who were willing to add to the icing on the cake also appeared. "They are willing to compensate our army with four hundred barrels of gunpowder and no less than twenty tons of rice."

"Lord Xia, what do you mean?" In order to conquer Burma, the Chinese court specially set up two sets of institutions with somewhat overlapping responsibilities, the Burmese Grand Protectorate and the Lower Burma Protectorate. The Protectorate of Lower Burma is in charge. "Will you accept the request from these foreigners?"

"It is said that these foreigners sold arms to the Burmese army at a low price before, and now they are trying to confide in us. It is really hateful." Xia Weimin, the first protector of the lower Burma, said half-truths and half-false words. "It's just that the court temporarily banned their trade regulations, so they are lucky."

"That's right, then let them go back to work." Sang Jie'an, the Burmese general who was in charge of the war in name, nodded and said. "Five hundred barrels of gunpowder and twenty tons of rice are not a small benefit to our army."

After receiving the orders from the two lords, the official who sent the message went out, and came back half a day later with a strange expression: "My lords, Xiyi petitioned to make the land of Shalian a free port, just like the mud Example."

"Free port? What the hell?" Xia Weimin frowned. "It's really pushing an inch, tell them, no!"

"Slow!" Sang Jiemin smiled at his colleagues. "Lord Xia, the war in Burma is not over at this time. I'm afraid there will be another war. We should prevent aliens from causing trouble. Let's go and tell Yang Yi that there is only a transition left now. As for the free port, we still have to wait for the treaty negotiation between our dynasty and Burma. Come down and talk about it, and let’s discuss it later.”

Looking at the little official who took the order and left, Xia Weimin couldn't help reminding: "Master Sang, I miss Yang Yi, I'm afraid that in the future"

Sang Jiemin interrupted: "The official didn't expressly agree with these foreigners. He just said that we will discuss it later. As for the result of the discussion in the future, do we have to satisfy these foreigners?"

Xia Weimin said, "Master Sang, this is a deception. How could I, Hua Xia Dynasty, do something that would be criticized by foreigners. It's inappropriate."

"Lord Xia, why bother talking about faith with these foreigners." Sang Jiemin replied very seriously. "Your Excellency, you want to be an official in the country, don't you know about Yang Yi's misdeeds?"

Xia Weimin was a little stunned: "Are there a lot of bad things about foreigners? Then why does the imperial court want to do business with them?"

"There are countless misdeeds of Yangyi. If you have the opportunity to ask Nanyang merchants in the future, you will naturally know. I will not say more, but please remember that these weaklings should not be ignored. In other words In short, they are beasts, and we must deal with them in the same way as beasts." Sang Jiemin said seriously. "It is necessary to lure it for profit, but also to prevent its backlash."

Xia Weimin was silent for a long time, then let out a sigh of relief, and responded vigorously: "Western affairs are so complicated that lower officials can't handle them. I'm afraid I will have to bother the Dadu Protectorate to deal with these trivial matters in the future."

Sang Jiemin couldn't help laughing: "Master Xia's is coming soon, I'm afraid there will be troubles in the Duhu Mansion in the future."

"It's all about sharing the concerns of the imperial court. Whoever does more and whoever does less, has nothing to complain about." Xia Weimin is also a smart person. Although he doesn't intend to get involved in Westernization, he also wants to take this opportunity to clarify the rights with the Burmese protectorate. responsibility. "But then again, what's the matter with the big boss in the court, I don't have to worry about the mess between the two divisions."

"I don't know what the imperial court considers, but when it comes to details, there is not much real overlap between your two departments. The Duhufu is in charge of civil affairs and colonization management, and the Daduhufu is in charge of internal and external vassals. The water in the well does not violate the water in the river." Sang Jiemin narrowed his eyes and looked at Xia Weimin, and he knew exactly what the other party was planning. "If the Duhu Mansion entrusts foreign business affairs to the Dadu Hufu, the Dadu Hufu will intervene in commercial affairs. That's not good. Or, my lord and I will go to the court together and combine the governor's office of the two divisions into one." how?"

"This is a solution, but the imperial court may not agree to it." The governor's yamen subdivision of the Duhu mansion still has some powers, but the powers and responsibilities of the governor's yamen subdivision of the Duhu mansion have been occupied by the Daduhu, so out of checks and balances, Considering that, Wuchang is unlikely to agree to the merger of the two companies. "Why not, how about Master Sang's exchange of the affairs of the inner vassal?"

"Exchange?" Sang Jiemin laughed. "Lord Xia, is it too early for us to discuss this topic now? After all, Burma has not surrendered, and the Lower Burma Protectorate has not yet been established."

Sang Jiemin was insinuating that Xia Weimin reached out too early, but Xia Weimin remained calm about it: "That's true, after all, Maolamian has not yet fallen, and the Burmese army in the north still has the strength to fight. Now It is indeed a bit early to say these things, but Master Sang, we have agreed that we will discuss this matter after the treaty with Myanmar is formally signed and the Protectorate of Lower Myanmar is established."

Sang Jiemin, who was drinking tea, was almost choked by the tea leaves, so he had no choice but to clear his throat and replied, "I have no problem, I'm afraid the imperial court will not agree. To be honest, if the imperial court knows that you and I have discussed privately with your subordinates Responsibility, we must be punished for the crime of usurping, my lord, just kidding."

Xia Weimin replied inscrutablely: "Yes, I was joking, I was joking."

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